Liberal Arts
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Social Studies
Opinion
We Don't Know Who Won the Election, But I Know What I'll Say to My Class Today
My post-election lesson plan includes addressing both students’ social-emotional needs and the Compromise of 1877, writes teacher Chris Dier.
Education
Opinion
Pennsylvania Charter Emphasizes Liberal Arts for Success
Renaissance Academy is a K-12 public charter school in Phoenixville, Pa. that focuses on liberal arts to prepare students for college.
School & District Management
Opinion
What Does It Mean to Be an Educated Person Today?
Has our definition of being an educated person kept pace with today's fast-changing world? Marc Tucker argues it's time to reopen the question.
Curriculum
Opinion
The 'T-Shaped Curriculum': Liberal Arts, Technical Education, or Both?
In this blog Marc explains why strong technical skills alone are not enough for students who will enter today's rapidly changing workforce. Now, more than ever, students need a solid education in the liberal arts.
International
Are STEM and Liberal Arts at Odds?
Is the country too narrowly focused on science, technology, engineering, and math?
College & Workforce Readiness
A. Graham Down, Liberal-Arts Advocate, Dies at 85
A. Graham Down, who served as executive director and president of the Council for Basic Education from 1974 to 1994, died on Aug. 30.
Curriculum
Opinion
Paul Horton: Will Liberal Arts be Saved by the Common Core?
Not much here for those who are seeing their courses and jobs cut. There seems to be a central message here: follow the Common Core like the yellow-brick road or there might not be any funding for the humanities.
College & Workforce Readiness
News in Brief
Study Highlights Value Of Liberal Arts Major
A new study supports the value of a liberal arts education over time, countering some of the claims that science, math, engineering, and technology are the most lucrative career paths.
School & District Management
Study Showing Value of Liberal Arts Education Counters Skeptics
Over time, liberal arts majors close the employment and salary gap, according to a new report.
Science
Opinion
In Praise of those Liberal Arts
Everywhere we look these days, people are stressing the same educational path - STEM STEM STEM! Perhaps they are not wrong, but let's take a second to examine the virtues of a liberal arts learning experience.
College & Workforce Readiness
Liberal Arts Education Valued by Employers, Survey Finds
Employers are looking for new hires with a broad range of skills and innovation, according to a new survey.
Education
Parents Lack Faith in Liberal Arts Degree, Survey Finds
A new parent survey by Gallup and Insider Higher Ed shows increasing concern over costs and general liberal arts education.
Education Funding
Opinion
High School: A New Home for the Liberal Arts Curriculum?
Marc Tucker argues that the liberal arts curriculum, although less popular today than it used to be, still has a place in today's education system.
Education
Opinion
Technology Mastery for Liberal Arts: Thank You, Steve Jobs
In a 1996 interview with Terry Gross from National Public Radio (NPR), Steve Jobs highlighted his philosophy of "Computer Science Is A Liberal Art" that, in hindsight, would by followed by over a decade of innovative products that made technology easily accessible for millions of people.